Improved evaporator



2 Sheets-Sheet l.

E. W- TAY LOR.

Evaporator.

Patented July 17, 1866.

2 Sheets Sheet 2.

E. W. TAYLOR.

Evaporator.

Patented July 17, 1866.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELMORE W. TAYLOR, or FRANKLIN, INDIANA.

IMPROVED EVAPO RATO R.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,464, dated July 17,1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMORE W. TAYLOR, of Franklin, in the county ofJohnson and State of Indiana, have invented a new and TmprovedSorghum-Evaporator, called Taylors Evaporator; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making part of the same, of which- Figure 1 is aperspective view, and Fig. 2 a section.

A represents the furnace; B, the iron plate on top of the furnace; O,the pan; D D, 850., are the fines running through the pan 0. E is thedrum, retaining the heat and making it pass through the fines D D, 850.,into the smoke-flues i when the shut-off H is closed. G is the smokeflue to the drum, through which the heat and smoke pass when the shutoffH is open. K is the packing of the flues L L, 850., through which passesa movable fastener, R, by means of which the flues L L, 8tc., can beadjusted to the smoke-flue i. M M, 850., are stationary flues attachedto the drum E. N is a shut-off at the end of the flues M M, &c. O is thefire-back. P P P, 850., are the grate, and S and T are the doors for thefire and ashes.

Fig. 2 shows that the fire plays directly upon the bottom of pan 0, intowhich I place thejuice for boiling. I then close the shutofi' H insmoke-flue G and make the heat pass through the flues D D, 850., and outinto the flue i. If the heat is getting too intense I shut it off byclosing the flues D D, 820., with the shut-offN and let the heatpass outthrough the smoke-flue G. When the sirup is boiled sufficiently I drawthe flues L into the smokeflue i, and thereby disconnect the pan (1 withthe fines, for the purpose of emptying the pan.

By this process I gain time in boiling, save fuel, and prevent thescorching of the juice.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

1. The reversing of the heat from the furn ace, which heat plays on thebottom of the pan and passes through the pan 0 by means of small fines.

2. The regulating of the heat by means of the shut-offs H and N.

3. The drum E and the movable connectionflues L L, 8tc.,and thestationary ones M M, 8zc.

ELMORE W. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

WM. SULLIVAN, J No. L. SMITHMYER.

